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A study by research firm MTM, sponsored by Ooyala and Vindicia, claims that Netflix’s share of the US OTT market will fall from 85% in 2014, to 50% in 2018. A range of new services, which are being launched this year and in 2016, will have a serious impact on Netflix’s performance. These services include … Read more
Following the announcement of job losses in Microsoft’s phone business (Microsoft to Cut 7,500 Jobs), ZDNet‘s Mary Jo Foley sat down with CEO Satya Nadella at the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference. Nadella’s comments about Windows on mobile should serve to reassure the company’s partners. Many industry watchers considered the latest round of cuts as a … Read more
10 media technology start-ups in the UK have been short-listed for the DTG’s Television Innovation Awards (DTG Holds Third TV Innovation Awards). The finalists include goHDR (promoting an end-to-end HDR solution), Motive Television (live TV on a tablet, without an internet connection) and Criffin (omnidirectional treadmill and body tracking for VR applications). The companies will … Read more
Canon Europe will be demonstrating its end-to-end professional 4K workflow at IBC 2015, the leading global tradeshow for media and broadcast professionals in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Canon, having exhibited at IBC for more than three decades, will showcase its first-class 4K range in its entirety for the first time in Europe – with 4K lenses, … Read more
Digital Projection has signed FilmGEAR as its official rental partner in Denmark. The company recently purchased 20 3-chip DLP Titan Super Quads to add to its 16 single-chip DLP M-Vision 930 projectors. The deal also allows FilmGEAR to cross-rent Digital Projections products throughout the European market.
A fault has been found in several Radiforce monitors from Eizo. These products could mistakenly show 6-bit (64 gradations), rather than 8- or 10-bit (256 or 1,024 gradations, respeectively), when connected to particular graphics board through the DisplayPort input. This can lead to banding. The affected monitors are certain models of the RX440, GX540, RX650 … Read more
Canon (11.E50) will show its end-to-end professional UltraHD workflow at IBC 2015. It will be the first time that the company shows the entire product range in Europe – including references displays, lenses and sensors.
Acer announces that its full 2015 Windows-powered product lineup and currently-shipping Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 portfolio will support the free Windows 10 upgrade1 when it becomes available on July 29, 2015. “Acer’s diverse range of products designed for Windows 10 will be able to deliver its value to our customers across multiple device form … Read more
Sources have told the Korea Times that BOE has proposed the establishment of an OLED joint venture with LG Display and Samsung Display. One source said that “an affiliate” of BOE had reached out to “several Korean parts suppliers” in June, to propose a joint venture being set up in China. To tempt its proposed … Read more
Continental has demonstrated how cameras and screens can be used to replace a car’s exterior and interior mirrors. Three cameras were installed in a test vehicle in the USA, as well as two 12.3″ (1920 x 1080) OLED displays in place of a rear-view mirror; these showed the sides and rear of the vehicle. Continental … Read more
Samsung, in its ‘Smart Futures’ report, claims that companies that fail to adopt new, smart technologies may not be around in 10 years’ time. Samsung’s report was produced in partnership with The Future Laboratory, MIT, Google and IBM. It details Samsung’s view of ‘the office of the future’. The company predicts that interactive smart surfaces … Read more
For those that grew up tapping away on the giant keyboard of a Commodore 64, this news might be a welcome surprise. The brand is being resurrected – as a smartphone. Sharing its name with Commodore’s other iconic PC, the Commodore PET is being created by a pair of Italian developers. According to Wired, Massimo … Read more
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